The accusation that Stalin was an anti-Semite is a strange one. Neither Stalin’s written texts nor his actions indicate anti-Semitism. Indeed, they indicate precisely the opposite, as I will show in a moment. So those who wish to make the accusation have to rely on hearsay – second- and third-hand snippets from passing conversations, whether from an estranged daughter or from those within and without the USSR who were not favourably disposed to Stalin.[1] And once such a position is ‘established’, it is then possible to read some of his actions and written comments in such a light. For instance, the ‘anti-cosmopolitan’ campaign of the late 1940s becomes a coded ‘anti-Semitic’ campaign. Or the ‘doctors plot’ of 1952-53 – in which leading doctors were suspected of seeking to assassinate government officials – is seen as an excuse for a widespread anti-Semitic purge and deportation,[2] halted only because of Stalin’s death…

alexandra eldridge

Torno a Milena Nicolini, già più volte da me presentata qui tra le carte,  come occasione per incontrare una parola poetica vissuta, praticata tra le tempie, in meditazione e riflessione autobiografica, matura e libera da redini e  retoriche letterarie. Torno alla sua personalità integra, dentro cui politica, spiritualità, poesia e teatro, rigore e passione, anche nel portare l’opera degli altri, diventano testimonianza.